MONDAY WEATHER: A thunderstorm warning for five provinces and widespread rainfall in the north-east

By Staff Writer
Published: 4 January 2026 [updated 5 January]

This forecast is for: Mon 05 January 2026
The maps cover: Mon 05 Jan – Mon 05 Jan


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Some morning fog can be expected in places on Monday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to localized flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas and localized damage to infrastructure, due to heavy downpours and strong damaging winds over parts of the Northern Cape, North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State as per the updated map.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kai !Garib local municipality of the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm in the north with scattered showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers.

NORTH-WEST
Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme west.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy at first along the coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but partly cloudy in the east with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly but strong along the south-west and west coast.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy along the south coast and eastern interior at first, otherwise fine and warm but hot to very hot over interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly but light and variable along the south coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon thunderstorms in the extreme north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated interior thunderstorms over the interior and Wild Coast, but scattered along the Drakensberg. The wind along the coast will be light west to north-west, becoming moderate easterly in the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to north-easterly becoming fresh in the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/24°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/23°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/21°C

MAHIKENG
Morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/31°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/35°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light south-westerly in the morning becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/31°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy becoming fine.
Wind: Light south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light south-westerly, becoming south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/26°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/27°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light north-westerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/28°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with scattared showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light north-westerly becoming moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly by late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/29°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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